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"The state of Israel is committed to the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. These are facts. The question now is, so what do we do those facts?" - Tareq Baconi, author
"There is no good version of the project. Like there was no good slavery. Just like there was no good segregation." - Ta-Nehisi Coates, author
Landmark conversation between Coates, Baconi and Nesrine Malik at London's Southbank Centre last week.
Full event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=652EVCK1UoQ
⛔️⚠️Boy, 12, dies after week-long fight for life following Republican funded Russian terror strike on Nova Vodolaha (more) https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/26/8059792/ #Ukraine #ICC #Hague #Press #Media #VOTE #VOTE2026 #America #USA #US #News #Brussels #CoE #PACE #France #UK #London #Germany #Democrats #Republicans #Headlines #USAIsAStateSponsorOfTerror
#12yrInvasionOfUkraine #RussiansAreBabyKillers
⛔️🇺🇦President Zelensky rules out limits on Ukraine’s army and neutral status in peace deal, but still considering betraying country with concessions on land and citizens (More) https://english.nv.ua/nation/zelenskyy-rejects-ukraine-army-limits-and-neutral-status-in-peace-deal-50653365.html #Ukraine #Press #Kyiv #Odesa #Lviv #Kharkiv #Kherson #Berlin #Brussels #France #Germany #UK #US #PACE #CoE #Paris #London #Media #News #Headlines #NATO #USAIsAStateSponsorofTerror
#12yrInvasionOfUkraine #HybridAttacksAreTerrorism
‼️🇺🇦Invading US funded Russian terrorists who raped woman in Balakliia, Kharkiv Oblast, sentenced in absentia to 12 years (more) https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/26/8059730/#Ukraine #Press #Media #VOTE #VOTE2026 #America #USA #US #News #Brussels #CoE #PACE #France #UK #London #Germany #Democrats #Republicans #Headlines #USAIsAStateSponsorOfTerror
#12yrInvasionOfUkraine #RussiansAreBabyKillers
Video of man helping #homeless couple should inspire compassion and change, building manager says
A heartwarming video that shows a Londoner stopping to give warmth to a sleeping #homeless couple offers an example of kindness and a stark reminder that institutions need to do better, a local man says.
Oct. 26,2026 #Homeless #Poverty
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/video-of-man-helping-homeless-couple-should-inspire-compassion-and-change-building-manager-says-9.7393537
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Chapter 4.3: Artifact
الفصل الرابع: قطعة أثرية
These pendants were created many hundreds of years ago, commissioned by two women who were friends and lived together in the Middle East.
Their inspiration was Hypatia of Alexandria, the famous female philosopher.
Following her example, the two friends devoted their lives to the pursuit of wisdom.
Their home became a gathering place and a refuge for women seeking spiritual purity, who were dissatisfied with ordinary worldly life.
From generation to generation, the pendants were passed on to the most deserving women of this community.
All of them had died long ago, and the jewelry was discovered in an abandoned building and handed over to a London antique dealer.
This gold is pure. By touching it, you will not be defiled, but will gain strength and enlightenment.
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#fantasy #writing #literature #microfiction #microfic #IAmWriting #romance
The Pianist review – Władysław Szpilman’s Holocaust memoir retold with his own music
By Arifa Akbar
Park theatre, LondonThis adaptation is perhaps too smooth but is well-staged and performed, and draws strong feeling from the pianist’s compositions
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/oct/26/the-pianist-review-park-theatre-london
Exclusive Scoop: Son of A High-Ranking Defense Official Suffers from Mental Illness
Recently, according to an anonymous source, the real reason why the son of a high-ranking official in the Department of National Defense has not yet entered politics and has almost zero exposure is that he suffers from severe adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), accompanied by Impulsive Personality Disorder (IPD).
The insider has disclosed that the only son of this high-ranking official previously studied abroad in the UK to receive medical treatment. For such a top-tier political family, sending only son abroad outside the normal government-funded program is extremely rare in itself. The source indicated that during his studies in the UK, his ADHD and accompanying IPD repeatedly reached clinical warning levels. During this period, the official’s wife frequently flew to the UK to care for their son, spending about four months every year living in London.
Reviewing the few public appearances of this senior defense official’s son, it was noticeable that the anomalous behaviors exhibited when he attended political banquets accompanied his parents. According to the insider, his physical control in these settings often showed an obvious unnatural state, with his legs making small-amplitude and repeating tremors at an extremely high frequency in a nervous manner. More unusually, he attempted to conceal the tiny movements caused by his hyperactivity by frequently slipping his left hand into his suit pocket, where the fabric showed continuous and intense internal rubbing. Personnel who have been close to him revealed that he always carries a ring made of a specific material in his pocket. He must forcibly suppress the urge of his body to leave his original position by spinning the ring frequently and vigorously in his pocket. Furthermore, during the solemn political pronouncement, his eyes could not stay focused on the speaker for more than 3 seconds; instead, his eyes showed frequent and aimless lateral tremors with rapid and anxious blinking. His inability to maintain basic stillness and attention control in major diplomatic and political settings is a typical behavioral characteristic of severe adult ADHD.
In the conventional perception of the public, this high-ranking official’s family is widely considered a spotless, seemingly idyllic model with no blemishes to speak of. The senior official hails from an elite family spanning politics and business, while he is impeccable in everything he does. As for his wife, born into a distinguished clan and also boasts extensive political experience. In the narrative shaped by external public opinion, his family is known for its strict values and principles, marked by domestic harmony and an affectionate married couple. However, the personal resume of the only son of such a prominent family has long been blank, with no publicly available CoC records and background files and no verifiable employment records. Even his social resume after higher education is completely disjointed. This extremely low-key approach, which seems deliberately aimed at diminishing the son’s social presence, has sparked numerous speculations and political associations from various sectors over the years.
Combined with the aforementioned symptoms, many phenomena that had previously baffled the outside world now have a cruel and clear answer. This physical impairment has deprived the son of normal empathy and social skills, which effectively causing him to fail to pass the political vetting, forcing him to choose an extremely low-key retired lifestyle and preventing him from entering politics. As a result, his social resume has remained blank for years.
Evidently, this family matter, which is too painful to speak of, is like a venomous thorn that pierces through the perfect illusion of this elite family.
#Books #history #News #politics #writing
As #SolarPunkSunday begins to wind down, leaving you all with this from The Guardian. Join us next week and share your #RepairCafes , #Gardening tips, #DIY projects, and anything #SolarPunk related! And join us on Mondays for #LunarPunkMonday !
Sod’s law: what can two turf swaps 40 years apart tell us about Britain’s #biodiversity crisis?
Patrick Barkham
Fri 16 Oct 2026 06.01 EDT
Excerpt: "The Welsh sods held 28 different species, including #grasses, #wildflowers, #brambles and even #nettles, while the manicured sods cut from Kensington Gardens were made up of a meagre three different species of grass. Suddenly, Nash’s little challenge to the art world held an #ecological message, highlighting the biodiversity to be found in #RuralMeadowlands and the sterile quality of urban parks."
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"#ReverseSodSwap also reveals a more hopeful trend in #London, where species have been revived by #UrbanRewilding efforts, from creating #wildflower areas in parks to building new sustainable #UrbanDrainage areas."
#SolarPunkSunday #Biodiversity #Meadows #TurfSwaps #UK #Britain #UrbanWilds #Rewilding
For anyone in Europe attending the monster watch parties today
- #ReMonsterdon
- #Monsterdon
- #MonsterdonDoubleFeature
your time has changed but their time has not yet, so they will start 1 hour EARLIER in your time zone (unless I've got that wrong...).
#ReMonsterdon start 7pm UTC in your local time
https://time.unitarium.com/utc/7pm
Now 7pm UTC = 7pm London / 8pm Berlin
Doing a bit of webcamming on this Sunday evening.
Stena Adventurer leaving her berth at Dublin and heading for Holyhead, passing the South Wall and Poolbeg Lighthouse a few minutes later. Would rather be there and be off to the pub now for a couple, but this is the next best thing.
Bonus GWR to London from the Dawlish seawall.
There's still a good wind from storm Boelo but the seas are remarkably calm in these views.
⛔️🇺🇸Ukraine still being sabotaged, denied use of Starlink for long-range strikes on Russia, Flash says in response to Musk's denials (more) https://english.nv.ua/nation/flash-responds-to-musk-s-allegations-that-starlink-was-being-used-to-launch-attacks-on-russia-50653158.html #Ukraine #Press #Media #VOTE #VOTE2026 #America #USA #US #News #BoycottTesla #BoycottMusk #ElonMusk #Musk #Tesla #X #SpaceX #Starlink #StarShield #Brussels #CoE #PACE #France #UK #London #Germany #Democrats #Republicans #Headlines #USAIsAStateSponsorOfTerror
#12yrInvasionOfUkraine #RussiansAreBabyKillers
💥Ankündigung! Montag 26.10.2026💥
Ⓐ ★ 📖Anarchistisches Infocafé "System Störungen"📖 ★ Ⓐ
Montag, 26.10.2026 | 19:30 | New Yorck Bethanien, Marielle-Franco-Platz 2a (Mariannenplatz 2a), 10997 Berlin
Anreise: U1, U3, U8 Kottbusser Tor | Bus 140 Mariannenplatz | Bus 147 Adalbertstraße | M29 Rio-Reiser-Platz
📣 Aufruf: https://demo-ticker-berlin.org/?p=9912
#b2610 #AnarchistischesInfocafe
🕢 19:30 Uhr Essen vegan
🕗 20:00 Uhr Veranstaltung
Lesung: Systemstörungen
Tom Schmieder liest aus seinem Buch: Systemstörungen
Für Markus Müller, genannt Mark, Aktivist in der linksradikalen Szene Westberlins der späten 1970er Jahre, war Heimat bislang keine relevante Kategorie.
Ein unfreiwilliger winterlicher Aufenthalt in London, um behördlichen Nachstellungen wegen eines Handstreichs gegen den Oberstaatsanwalt für politische Straftaten, Maximilian von Erbe, zu entgehen, scheint das infrage zu stellen und ihn eines Besseren zu belehren.
Das ändert sich schlagartig bei seiner Rückkehr in die Mauerstadt im Mai 1980, als ihm die vorgefundenen Umstände schonungslos klarmachen, dass Heimat der Ort ist, an dem dir die ganze Scheiße deines Lebens konzentriert um die Ohren fliegt.
Buchvorstellung mit dem Autor Tom Schmieder & Verlag Immergrün.
Today is the anniversary of the death of Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany who died in 1957. An English-Irish author, poet, and playwright, he was commonly known as Lord Dunsany and is considered by many critics to have laid the grounds for the fantasy genre.
Dunsany's most notable fantasy short stories appeared in collections from 1905 to 1919, before fantasy had been recognised as a distinct genre.
He is best known today for the 1924 fantasy novel The King of Elfland's Daughter and his first book, The Gods of Pegāna, which depicts a fictional pantheon.
Among his best-known characters was Joseph Jorkens, an obese, middle-aged raconteur who frequented the fictional Billiards Club in London and would tell fantastic stories if anyone bought him a large whiskey and soda. These books were among the first of a type that would become popular in fantasy and science fiction writing: highly improbable "club tales" told at a gentleman's club or bar.
An impressive list of later writers have said they were influenced by Dunsany’s work including: Terry Pratchett, H. P. Lovecraft, J. R. R. Tolkien, Clark Ashton Smith, Fletcher Pratt, Jorge Luis Borges, Manly Wade Wellman, Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, C. L. Moore, Jack Vance, Arthur C. Clarke, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gene Wolfe, David Eddings, Michael Moorcock, Clive Barker, and Neil Gaiman.
#WritersOfMastodon #TalesFrom… #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
Roadworks report for #Bath, Sun 25 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Charles Street, Bloomfield Avenue, Bridge Street, Mount Road, Prior Park Road, Richmond Road, Anchor Lane, Littleton Lane, Newtown, Princes Street, Southfield Hill
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Bristol Road, London Road, Green Park Road, Paulton Road, Wellsway, Grove Street, Locksbrook Road, The Hollow, Charlton Road
STOP/GO BOARDS: Pennyquick Hill, Grosvenor Bridge Road, Ringswell Gardens
Derren Brown turns into Nostradamus – and I predict you’ll submit to one gasp-inducing stunt after another
By Brian Logan
Apollo theatre, LondonProphecies are impossibly fulfilled by the superstar who takes his cue from the legendary French seer in his show Only Human
#Magic #DerrenBrown #Culture #Stage #WestEnd #Theatre #TheGuardian #BrianLogan
🤔 Overstepping much?!
Wasn't that long ago US officials went after a Quebecois as he was peacefully fishing, but this is ok?
Trump is test marketing our response. BTW. Where's Captain Canada !
"It comes after at least one of the unmanned vessels was spotted in the St. Clair River recently between Sarnia and Port Huron."
“This is a huge slap again to Canada on our sovereignty, and the lack of communication,”
Cocktail: Autumn Apple
This one was new to me, and it's dangerously drinkable. 2 oz Bluecoat gin 2 oz apple cider 1/2 oz lemon juice 1/2 oz honey syrup 1 dash angostura bitters 1 pinch cinnamon The recipe was from Liquor.com and recommends Bluecoat gin specifically, or another American gin (like Aviation), less juniper-forward than a London Dry. I happened to have Bluecoat on hand. Having tried the cocktail now, I think the excellent Sly Fox gin from upstate NY's Spring Brook Hollow Farm Distillery would […]https://sam.upstate.blog/cocktails/2026/cocktail-autumn-apple/
Second Death
Hi everyone! I hope you’re all well. Today, I thought I’d share a little horror short that I wrote a while ago and couldn’t decide what to do with. I hope you enjoy it!
Second Death
He felt the spark of consciousness fill his mind. He was aware now.
He tried to move but found that nothing worked; even the muscles that lifted his eyelids failed him. In fact, every muscle in his body was frozen. He was paralysed, though by what or how, he could not say.
His mind was sluggish and foggy, his memory having all but failed entirely, depriving him of the knowledge of who or where he was, but leaving everything else. The only reasoning for his current situation that he could come up with was that he had been in some sort of terrible accident, perhaps having been run over by a horse and buggy, and was now lying on some bed in the London hospital, a poultice wrapped around his head. The streets were a mess with horses and buggies these days. He knew that, at least.
The fact that his mind had woken before the rest of his body did not frighten him. He knew this sort of thing happened every day in London; people being brought to the hospital in all manner of conscious states, and since he felt no pain, he was certain that somebody was taking very good care of him indeed.
As he lay there, waiting for his body to catch up with his brain, some vestigial ember, a flicker of activity deep inside his mind, sparked, sending images rushing to the fore. A jumble of faces accosted him as his memory began to slowly filter through the abstract dam that had thus far held it back; women in long grey dresses with white aprons and white caps, and men, some old and bearded, some young and clean-shaven, but all wearing dark clothes. Somehow, he knew they were doctors and nurses.
However, since waking up, he had heard no doctors or nurses—nor anybody else for that matter—coming to check on him. Had he been forgotten? Had they left him alone, thinking that he might never wake? His heart began to quicken at the thought that he might actually be stuck like this forever, that he might be trapped inside the confines of his own mind, his own mental walls slowly closing in on him. Surely, he would begin to disappear into insanity.
The thought of being left in his current state until his body died of starvation and dehydration filled him with anxiety. He had to wake up. He had to force his mind and body to work in unison once more. He had to move, somehow; his very survival depended on it.
Forcing his mind to work harder, he saw flashes of whitewashed walls and long, narrow corridors, and at first, he thought perhaps he might have been conscious upon his arrival at the hospital.
As sensation began to return little by little to his muscles, it occurred to him rather suddenly that there was a lack of sound. For a brief moment, he considered the fact that he may have gone deaf; he had known it to happen with head injuries, although he didn’t know how he knew, but the sound of his own breath leaving his lungs quelled the fear instantly.
He was further relieved when he began to wiggle his toes, and further still when his fingers began to twitch. With each passing moment and every twitching phalanx, he felt the fear of his being trapped inside of himself ebbing away.
Straining, he tried to open his eyes. He felt his lids fluttering, but everything remained dark. As he tensed and released each muscle in his legs and arms, still unable to fully move them yet, he willed his eyelids to cooperate—but darkness remained absolute. He tried again, and again, panic surging as he considered that he may have gone blind; he knew this, too, could sometimes happen with head injuries and again, how he knew this eluded him.
As his heart quickly became a bass drum inside his ribcage, threatening to burst out at any moment, adrenaline surged through his body, and he felt his spine twitch—he willed his body to sit up, but the most he could manage was a slight raising of his head. He tried to gather himself, taking a deep breath, and then tried again, straining against himself as he attempted to fully reconnect his mind with his body. Drawing on every ounce of strength he could muster, he tried again, straining, straining, straining and… yes… yes… and…
He jerked upward and—SLAM! His forehead collided painfully with something solid. The impact caused a spark, and in an instant, everything came rushing back. He was Eliot Smith, a doctor at The London Hospital. The adrenaline had acted like coal being shovelled into a waiting empty furnace; his whole body was mobile now; he could move his arms, his hands. He reached up, frantically exploring the area around him.
As he felt the silk lining, the unyielding wood. The truth slammed into him with cold brutality—he had been buried alive.
Terror consumed him. He screamed and clawed desperately, tearing at the lining and wood until his fingers bled. He pounded, kicked, and screamed until he felt his heart burst painfully in his chest. And with one final gasp of horror, he fell silent again—this time, forever.
The End.
Thanks for reading, if you did. I appreciate your time, and I hope you enjoyed it!
As ever, thanks for stopping by!
Until next time,
George
© 2026 GLT
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DATE: October 25, 2026 at 10:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG
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TITLE: Anger and fear nudge voters toward different kinds of leader faces, study suggests
The specific emotions that political issues stir up in voters may subtly shift the physical traits they look for in a leader. A new study published in Cognition and Emotion indicates that when people think about a policy problem that makes them angry, they lean slightly more toward dominant-looking leaders than when they think about one that makes them afraid. Fear, by contrast, appears to put more weight on whether a leader’s face looks trustworthy.
When people look at a stranger’s face, they form instantaneous impressions about that person’s character. As a 2008 behavioral and computer modeling study found, these rapid evaluations boil down to two main facial qualities: trustworthiness and dominance. Trustworthiness is an impression of a person’s intentions, signaling whether they appear warm, cooperative, and safe to approach. Dominance is an impression of physical strength and assertiveness, signaling a person’s capacity to impose their will or confront rivals.
These split-second facial judgments influence real-world voting decisions, and the traits voters prefer often depend on the surrounding political environment and their own personal beliefs. For instance, a 2025 study by members of the team behind the new research, covered by PsyPost, found that people who are generally distrustful of information from others tend to hold more rigid, dogmatic beliefs and more conservative views, which in turn predicts a preference for dominant, authoritarian-looking leaders. Broader contexts matter as well, with voters generally favoring dominant faces during wartime or conflict and trustworthy faces during peaceful periods.
Different emotional reactions to the same crisis can also pull people in different directions. Although anger and fear are both unpleasant, high-stress emotions, a 2001 study on emotion and risk showed that they trigger opposing mindsets: anger makes people feel certain and willing to take risks, whereas fear makes people feel vulnerable and cautious.
In the political arena, a 2025 panel study of Ukrainians conducted during the Russian invasion found that citizens who reacted to the war with aggressive, angry emotions showed stronger preferences for dominant leaders (and for the other leader traits measured, such as warmth and competence), while those who reacted with fear showed little change in their preferences.
Most research on these emotional dynamics has focused on wars, terrorist attacks, or major geopolitical crises. Far less is known about how anger and fear shape leader evaluations during everyday domestic politics, where citizens routinely react to policy debates over the economy, healthcare, or public safety. The research was led by Mariana von Mohr, a lecturer in social and affective neuroscience at the University of Kent, and conducted at the Centre for the Politics of Feelings at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, which is directed by co-author Manos Tsakiris, a professor at Royal Holloway, University of London.
“Political issues often evoke strong emotions, which can shape political behavior in different ways,” von Mohr told PsyPost. “For example, anger can increase support for tougher, more confrontational political action, whereas fear can lead people to seek reassurance and favor responses that promise greater safety and protection. Here we wanted to understand whether these emotions also shape who people would prefer to vote for when dealing with the issues that concern them most, simply based on how dominant or trustworthy a potential leader looks.”
To investigate this, the researchers recruited 201 American participants through the online platform Prolific, ensuring the group was evenly split between people who identified with or leaned toward the Democratic Party and those who identified with or leaned toward the Republican Party. After removing four individuals who did not pass attention checks during the tasks, the final sample consisted of 197 participants.
The experiment used a within-subjects design, meaning every participant went through both the anger condition and the fear condition in a randomized order. In the anger section, participants viewed a list of 16 major national problems taken from a Pew Research Center survey, such as inflation, gun violence, illegal immigration, and climate change. They were asked to select the single issue that made them feel the most angry, defined as an issue that upsets or annoys them and brings up hostility, and to rate the intensity of their anger on a scale from 0 to 100.
Immediately after reflecting on that issue, participants completed a leader choice task consisting of 36 rapid rounds. In each round, two computer-generated faces appeared side by side on the screen for up to three seconds, and participants had to click on the leader they believed would be most capable of handling their chosen political issue. These nine digital faces were drawn from a standardized scientific database and had been systematically altered to represent different combinations of facial dominance and facial trustworthiness.
In the fear section, the same participants went through an identical process, but this time they selected the political issue from the list that made them feel the most afraid, defined as an issue that worries them a lot and feels like a frightening threat. After rating their fear on the 0 to 100 scale, they completed the 36-round face selection task again to pick the best leader to address that frightening issue.
Across the sample, both emotions were felt intensely, with average intensity ratings of 86.51 out of 100 for anger and 81.95 for fear. The issues most frequently selected for anger were illegal immigration (19.3 percent), gun violence (17.8 percent), and inflation (15.2 percent). For fear, participants most commonly selected climate change (15.2 percent), illegal immigration (14.2 percent), and domestic terrorism (11.2 percent).
The researchers first combined each participant’s choices into an overall index measuring the probability of picking a more dominant and less trustworthy-looking leader. Statistical analyses accounting for emotional intensity and specific policy issues showed that participants had a 49.5 percent probability of choosing a dominant-looking leader when angry, compared to a 46.5 percent probability when fearful, meaning participants on average leaned slightly toward the more trustworthy-looking face in both conditions. How intensely participants felt the emotion was unrelated to their choices. While this 3 percentage point absolute shift between anger and fear is modest, the authors note that even small emotional shifts could matter across an entire population during elections, when campaigns frequently amplify fear- and anger-inducing issues.
To see what drove this shift, the authors broke down the choices round by round to look at how participants weighed dominance cues and trustworthiness cues separately. When participants were in the fear condition, a face’s level of trustworthiness increased the likelihood that it would be chosen, whereas a face’s level of dominance had no statistically significant effect on their choices. When participants were in the anger condition, the positive pull of facial trustworthiness dropped, while facial dominance gained a stronger positive influence on their selections.
“Our findings suggest that how we feel about political issues can influence the kinds of leaders we find appealing, even based on something as simple as their facial appearance,” von Mohr explained. “When angry, people placed greater importance on facial cues of dominance (appearing strong and assertive) and less on trustworthiness. When afraid, they placed more importance on trustworthiness (appearing reliable and benevolent).”
The findings are in line with research covered by PsyPost in 2022, which similarly found that anger increased participants’ preferences for dominant-looking leaders over trustworthy ones. However, that earlier study examined anger triggered by non-political frustrations, whereas the new study suggests that anger tied to real-world policy issues is linked to a similar shift while directly contrasting it against political fear.
The researchers also examined the role of political party affiliation. Consistent with previous studies, Republicans showed a higher overall preference for dominant-looking leaders (52.5 percent probability) than Democrats did (43.5 percent probability), representing a 9 percentage point partisan gap. That gap was about three times as large as the 3-point difference between anger and fear. Even though Democrats and Republicans tended to pick different policy issues as their top concerns, the difference between anger and fear did not vary significantly by party, suggesting the emotions influenced leader choices in similar ways for both groups.
The emotion effects did not vary by participants’ gender and held when accounting for the order in which participants completed the tasks. When the researchers statistically controlled for the exact political issue each participant selected in the round-by-round analysis, the distinct effects of anger and fear on how participants weighed dominance and trustworthiness cues remained stable. In the overall-preference analysis, entering each specific issue as a separate factor left the anger-versus-fear difference about the same size but made the estimate less precise.
As with all research, there are some caveats to consider when interpreting these findings. Because participants were allowed to choose whichever political issue personally angered or frightened them the most, the study cannot completely separate the effect of the emotion from the nature of the policy issue itself. Although the researchers used statistical controls to account for the different issues selected, future experiments that induce anger or fear while keeping the policy topic identical for everyone would help isolate the pure effect of the emotion. The study also compared anger only with fear, without a neutral condition, so it cannot say whether anger made dominant faces more appealing, fear made them less appealing, or both.
Additionally, the faces used in the task were standardized, computer-generated avatars rather than photographs of real politicians. While digital faces allow scientists to precisely adjust facial structure without interference from a person’s hairstyle, age, race, or gender, real-world elections involve all of those visual factors alongside party labels and campaign rhetoric. Finally, the study only tested American voters, so it is not known whether the same patterns hold in other countries. Future research could also examine whether other political emotions, such as hope or disgust, shape leader preferences.
The study, “Political emotions shape preferences for leaders’ facial traits: anger favours dominance, fear favours trustworthiness,” was authored by Mariana Von Mohr and Manos Tsakiris.
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They were stranded. The tsunami had just engulfed their craft, and having been tossed aside like so much flotsam, the engines were flooded.
"Let it drain, Cooper. It'll need an hour," stated the flat voice of TARS from the centre console.
"How much is this going to cost us, Brand?" demanded Cooper as he paced in agitation. Her reply, as she sat dejected on the floor: "A lot. Decades."
"Wait," Cooper realised. "It's the last Sunday of October back on Earth. Is there any way we can, I don't know, change our clocks on the European schedule, gain back the years?"
Amelia Brand stood and walked over to a side panel. "It could work. Let me edit the ship's timezone real quick..."
A confirmatory beep sounded out from the panel. "Ok, we're now on London time. How're the engines looking, TARS?"
"All clear, Dr Brand; we're good to go."
*Manchester dates* for The Crucified Silence – Sunday November 22nd – Irish World Heritage Centre. 6pm.
“A story anyone can relate to…” — Irish Independent
Click here to secure your ticket now!
About
Following acclaimed performances in Athlone, Castlebar, Ballinrobe and Galway, The Crucified Silence comes to Manchester on Sunday 22nd November at 6pm, bringing a distinctive voice from the West of Ireland to the iconic Irish World Heritage Centre.
Hilarious, heartbreaking and brimming with dark Irish humour, The Crucified Silence is a compelling one-man play written and performed by acclaimed Irish playwright Mick Donnellan. Set in Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, the story follows Joe, a local guard who has crossed a line after a volatile altercation with his superintendent. As he drinks his way around town, he conjures vivid, nostalgic images of familiar landmarks and meeting places, including The Bowers walk, Art O’Neill’s Bar and Geoff’s pub. These recollections bring his world to life, drawing audiences into a community shaped by its own rhythms, rituals and relationships.
Yet beneath the laughter lies a deeply moving story of loneliness, loss, regret and the search for connection. Just as Joe’s sharp wit and comic observations have audiences laughing, glimpses of his troubled past reveal a more vulnerable man struggling to come to terms with the life he has lost. The result is a play that can have you laughing out loud one moment and breaking your heart the next.
Populated by recognisable Irish characters and brought vividly to life through authentic Irish dialect, cultural nuances and a rich tradition of storytelling, the play offers a compelling glimpse into the humour, warmth and complexities of everyday life in rural Ireland. For those familiar with Irish life, there is much to recognise; for those discovering it for the first time, an opportunity to experience a distinctive culture through characters who feel wonderfully real.
The Venue
A much-loved hub for Irish culture, arts and community in the North West of England, the Irish World Heritage Centre provides a fitting setting for a play that celebrates Irish storytelling while exploring experiences that transcend borders and backgrounds.
For Manchester’s Irish community, the evening offers a powerful sense of home, evoking the people, places, humour and shared experiences that connect us to where we come from. It is also a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the strength of Irish theatre and the remarkable stories being created in Ireland and finding audiences beyond its shores.
Universal Appeal
Although Joe’s world may be rooted in a small town in Co. Mayo, his struggles are universal. His attempts to make sense of a life shaped by difficult choices, personal loss and fading connections will resonate with anyone, from all cultures and backgrounds, who has ever looked back on their past and wondered how things might have turned out differently.
With minimal staging and intimate, uncompromising storytelling, the play places audiences face to face with Joe’s inner world, where humour becomes a defence against pain and silence can speak louder than words. Mick Donnellan’s powerful central performance draws audiences towards a devastating climax, balancing theatrical intensity with the feeling of a deeply personal confession.
All are welcome to join for an evening of big laughs, poignant storytelling, heartbreaking moments and an unforgettable injection of high-quality theatre!
Spaces limited so be sure to secure your seat as early as possible :)
About Mick Donnellan and Truman Town
Mick Donnellan works as a successful Playwright, Novelist and Screenwriter. Film credits include Tiger Raid adapted from Mick’s Play Radio Luxembourg. Optioned by London Film Company Dixon/Baxi/Evans, the script was developed in London and shot in Jordan. Starring Brian Gleeson, Damian Molony and Sofia Boutella, it was accepted into the Tribeca film festival (New York) and was also seen at Cannes and Edinburgh.
The Irish Premiere was screened at the Galway Film Fleadh and you can watch the Tiger Raid trailer here.
Mick is the author of six novels:
Recent Work:
Mick Donnellan has had two major theatre productions hit the stage in 2025.
Outlaw Pete premiered at the Town Hall Studio, Galway in April 2025, starring Laura Hutchinson, Brian Cahill, and Carl Jones. Following its debut, the production toured to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar in May, before returning to Galway for the Galway Fringe Festival in July, where it sold out Kennedy’s Bar on Eyre Square.
Donnellan’s second new play of 2025, Class of ’57, was produced by Athlone Little Theatre and directed by Caroline Coyle, featuring standout performances from Ellen Ryan, Brian Toolan, and Nino Magilocco.
In December 2024, his most recent book Galway Blues was published to great acclaim. He received the Mayo Theatre Bursary through Mayo Arts Office in April the same year.
Prior to that, he was awarded the Agility Award through the Arts Council of Ireland and his play Nally was supported by Westmeath Arts Office.
In other theatre work, The Crucified Silence (as a short play) was chosen as part of the Scripts Ireland Play festival. After a week of intensive workshops with Playwright Eugene O’Brien, the monologue was directed by Jim Culleton (Fishamble) and performed by Aaron Monaghan. Following this, Mick took part in the Galway Theatre Development Programme, run by Andrew Flynn in conjunction with Galway’s Town Hall Theatre, which resulted in a residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre.
His other plays include Sunday Morning Coming Down, Shortcut to Hallelujah, Gun Metal Grey, and Velvet Revolution.
He is listed on the Irish theatre institute here: http://irishplayography.com/person.aspx?personid=47564
About Truman Town:
Truman Town Theatre exploded on to the theatrical circuit with their Play – Sunday Morning Coming Down. Written and directed by the company’s Artistic Director Mick Donnellan, it immediately sold out the Galway Town Hall Studio for five nights on the first run. Following that, the crew went on tour to Mayo, selling out Lisloughrey Lodge, Cong,The Valkenburg Niteclub, Ballinrobe and the Linenhall in Castlebar. It also enjoyed large audiences on the Main Stage on Galway’s Town Hall and went on a National Tour covering – Glor Ennis, St. John’s Listowel, Cork Arts Theatre and it sold out five nights at The New Theatre, Dublin. It was also performed by DRUID as a public reading during the Galway Arts Festival.
Truman Town followed this phenomenal success with a second Play – Shortcut to Hallelujah. Again, written and directed by Mick Donnellan, it deals with the curse on the Mayo football team. It sold out the Town Hall Studio, went on tour to Ballinrobe and the Linenhall in Castlebar and then down to St. John’s Theatre, Listowel Co. Kerry where it was requested back to headline Friday night of Listowel Writer’s week.
Between this, a third drama was produced as part of the Galway Theatre Festival. It was titled Gun Metal Grey.
Shortcut to Hallelujah returned from Listowel Writer’s Week to perform on the Main Stage Galway for a wildly successful five nights after which Velvet Revolution, the fourth Truman Town production, also written by Mick Donnellan, was premiered in St. John’s Theatre, Listowel. It went on tour to Kilmallock, Kenmare and Waterville, then up to Ballinrobe, on to Galway and ran for ten days as part of the Galway Fringe. Mentioned as a Highlight of the festival by the Irish times, it was subsequently performed in Campbell’s Tavern, Cloghanover, Headford, Electric Picnic and The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin.
Radio Luxembourg, Mick’s fifth Play, was bought by a London Film Company (Dixon/Baxi/Evans) and has been adapted for the screen. The title for the movie version is “Tiger Raid”. Starring Brian Gleeson, Damian Molony and Sofia Boutella, it was accepted into the Tribeca film festival (New York) and was seen at Cannes and Edinburgh. The Irish Premiere was screened at the Galway Film Fleadh.
Currently Mick is working on the exciting screen adaptation of Shortcut to Hallelujah with Florence Films. The screenplay is titled Sam and is based around the curse supposedly put on the Mayo Football team as they returned home as All Ireland Champions in 1951. Drenched in Irish lyricism and modern day dark humour, the script has been met with keen interest by film producers and actors throughout the industry.
Between writing projects, Mick has enjoyed roles as a lecturer in writing at University of Ireland and TUS Athlone.
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Read more on www.mickdonnellan.com
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